Show 1 Port Arthur Scapegoat ca e i dIl ji sited effect Now in Tea Business rear n ci i if f t tI I f Audi Special Correspondence CorrespondenceS 1 PETERSBURG Dec Dee 13 From S1 S commanding a fortress to soiling gelling lea tea Is a tL long lon stretch After being shut up in Port Arthur made mado a hero hol of 0 disgraced at a moments no nu notice tice lc accused of treachery tr and anI sen sentenced en to 10 10 0 years Imprisonment In Jn a fortress g almost within earshot of the palace has mi too Jl Ic Ie u a I plucky attempt Hempt to retrieve his fortunes by hy entering a largo large lar of or tea tC merchants In ht Moscow If rumors ar ar are to be believed he Is iN far ar moro more mor In commerce than ho he Il was W WIn In ids military milar clr In lu Manchuria And yet et Gen could not mutt have been u a I bad soldier for he rose toso 1010 from the HIP ranks and that Is III harder In ht Rus Russia UN UNIa via sia Ia than hula anywhere an ie else Many lany disliked him bin for film fo It and there Is little doubt that Intrigue had much to do with his being behl hauled over tin time coals about the time surrender surrender der dOl of Purl Furl Arthur Indeed many peo people people people think that Russia Rush hums lias ht ted her herold herold old soldiers badly Gen who was as at time the front during daring the tho th Japanese war tai W hits has beon OI tried recently ly and 1 nc sentenced to tu fines I nd Im Imprisonment m Gen Kuropatkin who uvito held helt the tho thC same position has ha publicly censured Admirl reho shared Gen fitte the officers of hN his hl squadron have Ibsen Ien cashiered or other otherwise otherwise wise wis punished for the sisters disasters d which overtook the Russian RUlan fleet neet feet Many Kuropatkin amongst amon t them were er mado made heroes heres of before they went out to the front boll being presented present with jeweled J swords one liO would think drowned drowne In champagne between Moscow OSCO and Manchuria BLAMED FOR FOI BLVD BIND Time Tho defeats that followed came camp as a a n 1 painful surprise People grow grew angry nm the tho government grew angry an Somebody had to be blamed for or a n thoroughly thorough bad system and amid unfortunately for them tho the first fn choice foil foi upon Gen Jen Stoessel and Admiral ono one On Is selling aln tea and the other o her sitting stUng at nt home In poverty tho the whole of at Russia Ruia Is Js blaming Count Witte Vite ritte tho the But Bt as a nobody dared do it whilst whist ho was in power tho the authorities wrath was expended on those who were not in power potter Quito Quio a series of or trials trial for careless and treasonable lable conduct while in command of oC troops trop in Manchuria took place and nd severe sentences sentence were passed on those tho who a year car before had ha been loaded with honors Both Gen Stoessel and Admiral were sentenced to 10 years es imprisonment and of dismissal from their course courso re respective reI I s cUvo services They The wore wor put in Inthe inthe the tho fortress of oC St St Peter and amid Paul Pul which was wa built buit In the time reign of ot Peter Pete the tho Great and fUld has ha a cathedral catheral at Lt attached Inched lher to it Jt where all al the te emperors empresses and grand dukes and duchesses since Peter tho time Great are burled The Tho part to prisoners Is not naturally shown to the public but it looks towards t the Nova Nava and an tho the newer side of o the time city cil Each ach of ot the tho prisoners had imad ha a n largo large bright room which was kept warm and dry dO Before their thell stretched tho the river across which stand sound tho time Win Winter Winter Winter ter palace the time foreign embassies and the admiralty But probably the fact that they the could coule enjoy enjo the finest t view slew Ie in St Petersburg afforded them then but little consolation Tho The room con tallied a 0 camp bed stead with a n thin matress a n largo large table before tho time win utin window dow do a smaller s el table against tho the wall walla wal a few ew chaps chairs a cupboard cupboard for clothes and a n let Into tho time wall stall W rho Tho windows wore covered with iron railings fixed in crisscross fashion and ad the tho entrance to that part of the time build building building ing was guarded day dl y and night nightLIFE nightLIFE LIFE IN PRISON At S 8 in ht tho time morning mornin tho the war den enters with tea ten and newspapers As these two warriors were not political prisoners prisoner they thc were allowed alow cd to do things which generally are aro tabooed in tho time fortress The read no fewer than four newspapers a day dl but General Stoessel who is not a very vary cul man used to declare that one was wa quite enough for him and he took nearly tho limo whole day to get bt through It It At 1 clock 0 luncheon consisting oC of soup and od meat was Wl served The Time food fod was extremely extremo monotonous but both en prisoners said the time quality was good goad After luncheon each took a little walk walkIn fond In ht time tho t 10 closely guarded r cd cord by b soldiers While tho time stiller Bailor did not quo caro for 01 this form Om of exercise time tho th ex commander of Port Pot Arthur used to look ter s forward eagerly to tho time break blak In 11 time the let d monotonous day At t C G I k a u light ene meal was served It I generally consist consisted ed Id of o and amid a of f Or pancake though very YO much thinner ton than what Is generally known kno n as such Tea was waO served at 0 9 mind and this Ihl chic concluded the days menu As s they tots were wele allowed to t keep keel tho time lamps lamp t us as 1 long lon as they liked both sill read till tl late Jato In him 11 tho night ba m could sleep very vory Ol well A Twice a L week they time allowe 10 olt t J JH Sea seo H visitors vIsitor the first visit lt befit heln tin cart 11 tv fined to their wives but hut aj at a the tho set soi II i 01 KI mid rime il friends and 1111 relatives wort tIl wi They attended the ruinous famous f i itress tress cathedral on great gIC t f r t d 11 J when however hOOI time the public wore welo not nut r ii i Twice a f month each stave a ii I lowed to 10 rise Uio the tho foi fortress tress bath vim h rn rim they went nt under a strong escort cavort s Though as mis lS can calm bo ho seen en both WH wn w c a awell well wel treated as its u prisoners Ht to be hI thoy they soon became 1 shattered m itt health The e lost weight wl hl could not nol eat cat and complained of or pan pale p I round rotund rund the heart From the time very VI br is h i It was Wl thought that their JI semi 1 tence were welo over Ir severe and j m that tal friends pleaded for far them at tl hit r court COI Their efforts were ui owned crowned 1 vilh tI 1 success for fOI after aftel 23 25 months ImpI r P meat ment they the were by h the th czar 11 j on his hil birthday last May There hero wan wu u something pathetic about thou their release General Stoessel attended service In tho the fortress church In which ho he me hart hail J stood so many mum times as a prisoner and then escorted by b his friends and Ind rela relatives lell tives drove droo home in a n motor car cr Ills lb a comrade comrado unobserved and amI alone alono walked out of the tho precincts aid nd across time tho road where hero he got into a tramcar t ENTERS BUSINESS When l the his friends used to visit him in the fortress the th generals futuro future was much discussed A public career was Impossible Imposible The Time state of ot Ills his hi finances hud had been heon going from bad had to worse for year lq t The Tho trial had been very expensive and his debts debt since the thC 1 war were said to be over two and a n I half 11 It millions of o dollars Bank Banle Bankruptcy Bankruptcy seemed to stare him bin hlin In the face fue t when some seine friends came forward an offered to help him If J he ho decided to go o Into business After Arter much debate ho tic 11 said ho would enter tho the tea trade In spite of or his trial ho has Ins many man well wel wishers In Russia Indeed his son sen sentence tence tonco was a n most most unpopular r one and tho the general cerl opinion la Is that ho will re retrieve 1 i trieve his fortunes altogether General Is not time the only Russian who is doing well t 7 M 1 the former police chief who was exiled to Siberia for or being too friendly with tho time revolutionists Is I in a fair way to become a n millionaire Ho has acquired platinum mines and J JIs Is planning tho time organization of or a bank inc ing concern allowed nil all ni tho time freedom o ot of a a military ou on ou parole M has time the support of or a 0 powerful Moscow financier who owes ewes to him time the life of or his son When M directed tho the department of I police the tho tl young oun man in question who win was wits then a student was discovered to tobo tobo bo ho mixed up with wih tho the revolutionaries i j jan and an a fL warrant for or his arrest was Is Issued Issued Issued sued Had tho arrest been effected there Is little doubt that a J tia would hoi h pronounced sentence of death but the tho police chief sent the I father tather a warning and the son was abler able able to escape from the thc country The financier in his gratitude promised to help M 11 in whatever way he ho ever eor bo be ablo able c I to do so anti and Is now fulfilling his promise IJ ANNE HASON SON TREVOR 1 I t |